Google giving away free development tool

Yes, Google is so generous that is giving away development tool called App Inventor. Yes indeed. This is very smart move made by Google itself. Google is launching a new tool on Monday (July 12th,2010) that lets anyone create an app for Android phones.

This app allows anyone to create and develop an Android App. Google App Inventor claims to enable non-coders to develop complete (without having knowlegde of C/C++/Java or other programming languages), working Android apps by connecting a series of “blocks.” Google has been testing App Inventor in schools for a year. At the time of writing, App Inventor is only available to those who apply via a form. Anyone can join.

It’s a smart concept. Not only is the Android Market, an open platform for developers (with no approval process, a la Apple’s App Store), but now we’ll likely see a vast array of specialized apps built by non-developers. This could radically increase the volume of apps in the Market versus the App Store.
I do hope to have some young Lao team to take advantage of this as well. We will be able to develop some good Lao contents and apps for various sectors, especially educational apps, for Android mobile.